By Hunter Ford Who is the best ever Alabama football coach? Who is the best ever Auburn coach? Alabama’s answer is a no-brainer. Bear Bryant. Two legendary coaches, Wallace Wade and Frank Thomas preceded Bryant. Since Bryant retired, only one other coach, Gene Stallings, has come close to winning on the field and winning over [...]
Archive | June, 2008
Alabama vs. Clemson on ABC
The SEC announced an early list of football games slated for television. Alabama-Clemson is tabbed for a primetime ABC appearance (7 p.m.) You can download a document version of the entire list by visiting the Rap Sheet, or you can look at the list on the Gold Mine, where Charles Goldberg has helpfully changed all [...]
Tuberville: misanthrope
Tommy Tuberville told the troops he hates the media. Yes. You read that correctly. Tuberville hates the media. You know, the media—the guys who saved his job by exposing Jetgate. The guys who make excuses for his horrible 2008 recruiting class. Who knew that Tuberville and Saban have so much in common? Advertisement: Story continues [...]
Trent Richardson commits
Trent Richardson committed to Alabama Monday. And he’s thinking like any Alabama fan. “I think with the (recruiting) class Alabama just had, we can go ahead and win a national championship by my freshman year,” Richarsdon told the Pensacola News Journal. Advertisement: Story continues below How good is Richardson? He’s a four star recruit in [...]
The spread’s coming demise
The spread is the hot thing in college football, but like any fad it will implode under its own weight. While Tommy Tuberville was visiting soldiers in the Middle East, he and other coaches held discussions with the soldiers about college coaching. There’s a great piece up by Ivan Maisel regarding the discussions. One element [...]
Steele undecided; Gottfried spoke too soon
Mark Gottfried got a little excited last night when Ronald Steele told him he would return to the Crimson Tide. But Gottfried put the cart before the horse. According to Ian Rapoport of the Birmingham News, Steele isn’t done testing the NBA. His source? Ron’s father. Rapoport said Steele would continue visiting NBA camps in [...]
Tide bounced from NCAA tournament
UPDATE: SOFTBALL SEASON ENDS TOO Arizona State defeated the Crimson Tide 3-1 Sunday at the Women’s College World Series. Alabama ended the season with a record of 58-8. Alabama also posted the best showing ever at the WCWS with a 2-2 record. Advertisement: Story continues below Alabama was bounced from the NCAA baseball tournament Sunday [...]
Gottfried exhales
That sound you hear coming from Mark Gottfried? It’s relief. Gottfried may have received a stay of execution thanks to Ronald Steele’s knee. According to reports from the NBA camp in Florida, Steele continued to favor his knee during workouts. It made his return a necessity. ESPN.com’s Andy Katz said Gottfriend announced Steele’s return Saturday [...]
Hey NFL, I’ll risk a concussion if you’ll give me a shot
Would someone reading this please help me? I’ve got a real problem on my hands and I’m out of answers. [...]